'If 2020 does indeed result in a schism of the Methodist movement like 1844, it's because a break is needed, if unity cannot be achieved, to ensure human dignity is respected,' Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons writes for CNNOpinion
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons is a progressive Christian writer and activist. He is the author of the forthcoming book "Just Faith: Reclaiming Progressive Christianity." Follow him on Twitter @GuthrieGF. The views expressed here are the author's. View more opinion on CNN.
A diverse group of leaders in the United Methodist Church proposed a plan last Friday to split the church into two denominations.
Guthrie Graves-FitzsimmonsThis is not the first time American Methodists have split over the issue of human dignity. The predecessor to today's United Methodist Church split over the issue of slavery in 1844 and did not reunite until 1939. The issue of ordaining and marrying LGBTQ people has been contentious within the denomination for decades. Now the United Methodist Church, the nation's second largest Protestant denomination, has reached another breaking point.
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